Join Sierra Club to Uncover Lake Worth Lagoon Discoveries with Local Waterkeeper

The Loxahatchee Group of the Sierra Club Florida Chapter is inviting the public to their general meeting on Thursday, June 15 at the Lantana Road Branch Library in Lake Worth (4020 Lantana Road) where they will share new discoveries from Lake Worth Lagoon.

The evening’s guest speaker will be Reinaldo Diaz, who serves as the Lake Worth Waterkeeper and City of Lake Worth beach commissioner. Diaz is also a member of the Everglades Coalition and Florida Wildlife Federation boards, he serves on the steering committee of the Lake Worth Lagoon Initiative, and he’s Palm Beach County Coordinator for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Horseshoe Crab Watch program.

As the Lake Worth Waterkeeper — an organization of community-based advocates dedicated to defending, enforcing, and promoting just and equitable clean water laws — Diaz advocates for the Lake Worth Lagoon and its watershed through research, education, and legal advocacy.

At the June 15 general meeting of the Sierra Club Loxahatchee Group, Diaz will explain how wildlife tagging is an important tool for population assessments and can also be used to protect areas from development. He will also discuss the novel behavior now being exhibited by local horseshoe crabs, and his adventures in making this discovery.

The event will begin with a meet-and-greet and light refreshments at 6:30 p.m., followed by the program from 7–8 p.m.

Visit here to register in advance.

Sierra Club mission statement is “to practice and promote the responsible use of the earth’s ecosystems and resources; to educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment, and to use all lawful means to carry out these objectives.”

Learn more about Loxahatchee Group of the Sierra Club Florida Chapter at sierraclub.org/florida/loxahatchee.